Hawke’s Bay WineGrowers & Makers

94/100 Top Rank - The Real Review - Stephen Wong MW

We didn’t enter Rosé timidly. This isn’t a by-product of red winemaking or a reaction to an average vintage (as so many Rosés on the shelf are). This one was made because we wanted to make it.

This Syrah Rosé is built to grab attention: colour that hints at fruit and earth; fragrance that lifts with floral, fruit and mineral notes; and a dry, long texture that’s as confident as it is refreshing.

Hand-picked fruit, a slow and indulgently long press cycle, and fermentation shaped by cool autumn temperatures. Then eight months on spent yeast lees to build presence, depth and texture. The result? A Rosé with enough substance to sit comfortably—and proudly—among its Easthope stablemates.

Tasting Notes

Colour that hints at fruit and earth; fragrance that lifts with floral, fruit and mineral notes; and a dry, long texture that’s as confident as it is refreshing.

The Vintage

The 2025 growing season delivered near-perfect conditions for grape growing in Hawke's Bay. A warm, settled spring provided excellent flowering weather and an even fruit set, establishing a healthy, balanced crop across the vineyard.

For white varieties, the season delivered wines with exceptional concentration, texture and length. The reds combine vibrant fruit expression with fine tannins, structure and balance. Across all varieties, the wines show a rare combination of power, elegance and site expression.

Early indications suggest 2025 will be remembered as one of Hawke's Bay's benchmark vintages—a season that captured both the generosity of the climate and the character of the vineyard with remarkable clarity.

Accolades for our Rosé

2024 93/100 - The Real Review - Stephen Wong MW

This is our eighth vintage from the Two Terraces Vineyard. Each year teaches us more about when to pick.  It shows in the wine.

Tasting Notes

Ripe with flavour, bright with freshness, a waxy texture, a note of honeysuckle and a saline finish without end.

The Vintage

The 2025 growing season delivered near-perfect conditions for grape growing in Hawke's Bay. A warm, settled spring provided excellent flowering weather and an even fruit set, establishing a healthy, balanced crop across the vineyard.

For white varieties, the season delivered wines with exceptional concentration, texture and length. The reds combine vibrant fruit expression with fine tannins, structure and balance. Across all varieties, the wines show a rare combination of power, elegance and site expression.

Early indications suggest 2025 will be remembered as one of Hawke's Bay's benchmark vintages—a season that captured both the generosity of the climate and the character of the vineyard with remarkable clarity.

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Classic aromas of peaches and cream, complemented by notes of acacia and hazelnut. The palate is generous and layered, showcasing ripe fruit and a long finish.

Tasting Notes

Our Home Block. Elevated, dramatic and off-piste. The place where our philosophy becomes wine.

White peach, nectarine and acacia. Textured, balanced and long. A Chardonnay shaped more by place than process.

The Vintage

The 2025 growing season delivered near-perfect conditions for grape growing in Hawke's Bay. A warm, settled spring provided excellent flowering weather and an even fruit set, establishing a healthy, balanced crop across the vineyard.

For white varieties, the season delivered wines with exceptional concentration, texture and length. The reds combine vibrant fruit expression with fine tannins, structure and balance. Across all varieties, the wines show a rare combination of power, elegance and site expression.

Early indications suggest 2025 will be remembered as one of Hawke's Bay's benchmark vintages—a season that captured both the generosity of the climate and the character of the vineyard with remarkable clarity.

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Sourced from the meticulously farmed Two Terraces Vineyard in Maraekakaho, this single-vineyard wine was made with our signature artisanal approach: hand-harvested, whole-bunch fermented, foot-stomped, and matured in seasoned puncheons.

2025 is a fabulous vintage. This has plenty of ripe fruit, enveloped by a satin like texture. Chill it a little and you have the perfect summer red.

In 1395, Duke Philippe the Bold exiled Gamay from Burgundy in favour of Pinot Noir, dividing two noble varieties that once shared a home. Centuries later—and quite unintentionally—we’ve brought them back together.

Our tenth vintage working with Gamay was meant to be just that—Gamay. But after harvest, DNA testing revealed that some of the vines we thought were Gamay, are in fact, Pinot Noir. The result? A serendipitous blend that closes a 600-year-old loop in the most delicious way. Philippe would be livid.

Tasting Notes

Intensely floral and aromatic, it offers bright red fruits, fine tannins and a refreshing, graceful palate. Stylish and highly drinkable, this captures the energy and charm of the 2025 vintage.

The Vintage

The 2025 growing season delivered near-perfect conditions for grape growing in Hawke's Bay. A warm, settled spring provided excellent flowering weather and an even fruit set, establishing a healthy, balanced crop across the vineyard.

For white varieties, the season delivered wines with exceptional concentration, texture and length. The reds combine vibrant fruit expression with fine tannins, structure and balance. Across all varieties, the wines show a rare combination of power, elegance and site expression.

Early indications suggest 2025 will be remembered as one of Hawke's Bay's benchmark vintages—a season that captured both the generosity of the climate and the character of the vineyard with remarkable clarity.

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Drawn from our Home Block vineyard, this Syrah showcases the variety's unmistakable Hawke's Bay character. Dark berry fruits, five spice and aniseed notes unfold over polished tannins and a supple, generous palate. Powerful yet approachable, it has an immediacy that makes it irresistible in its youth.

Tasting Notes

Our Home Block. Elevated, dramatic and off-piste. The place where our philosophy becomes wine.

Dark berry fruits, five spice and aniseed notes unfold over polished tannins and a supple, generous palate. Powerful yet approachable, it has an immediacy that makes it irresistible in its youth.

The Vintage

The 2025 growing season delivered near-perfect conditions for grape growing in Hawke's Bay. A warm, settled spring provided excellent flowering weather and an even fruit set, establishing a healthy, balanced crop across the vineyard.

For white varieties, the season delivered wines with exceptional concentration, texture and length. The reds combine vibrant fruit expression, polished tannins and natural balance. Across all varieties, the wines show a rare combination of power, elegance and site expression.

Early indications suggest 2025 will be remembered as one of Hawke's Bay's benchmark vintages

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97/100 (Bob Campbell MW). 5 stars Cuisine.

“Moderately deep hued wine with a garnet tint. Taut, seamless wine with cassis, violet, blackberry, cacao powder, wet stone/mineral and integrated spicy oak framed by fine, moderately assertive tannins. Youthful and has a great future. Responds well to aeration. Super-serious Syrah.” Score 97/100 Bob Campbell MW

You might be surprised to know that very few winemakers own their vineyard, let alone tend the vines. Good wines can be made where these quality determining actions are delegated to third party growers and labour, but profound individual wines only emerge when vested hands tend the vines on a great site. Outside of picking, Emma and I are the only hands that touch our 3000 Syrah vines within the Paddock Six vineyard here in Mangatahi, Hawke’s Bay.  We visit each vine up to 20 times a season. This intimacy with our vineyard means that differences between individual vines are noted. It’s an innate intuition that these particular vines produce grapes that just look, feel, and most importantly, taste right.  You could call it our in-house Grand Cru classification. 

Only 650 bottles made. Each bottle is numbered and packaged in a printed wooden box. A tamper sticker printed with the corresponding bottle number, seals the box.

Tasting Notes

The written word is an imperfect proxy for experiencing the real thing – but let’s see if we can convey our sensory experience of the wine.

An opaque core colour is ringed with luminous, youthful crimson hues. Swirling in large stemware reveals the true dark garnet core colour.  Floral and spice attributes lead the nose with lavender and star anise being the best way to characterise these aromas.  Underneath these high notes, fruit aromas that jostle between blueberry and cassis form the tenor and base and continue to emerge with aeration in the glass.  The palate is tightly woven with layered fine grain fruit tannin that gives a chalky and graphitic like impression.  There is a mineral note there too – like oyster shell.  Ripe fruit flavours envelop the tannin resulting in an impressively long, deep, complex finish.

It can be enjoyed now. Aeration in a large glass or half an hour in a decanter will allow the aromas to fully emerge.  The youthful tannins can be attenuated when the wine is accompanied with your favourite protein.

For those who possess patience, this wine has decades in front of it. We predict that more complex secondary and tertiary bottle age characters will only become noticeable in seven to ten years.

The Vintage

The 2020 Paddock Six Syrah is the first vintage to attain this status. In 2020 our craft, the site and the weather aligned perfectly.

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95/100 THE REAL REVEIW

Frank’s Selection comes from a special parcel of Syrah in our home vineyard, honouring a departed friend who once owned this land.

Perched on cliffs above the Ngaruroro River in Hawke’s Bay’s Mangatahi sub-region, these dry-farmed vines grow on a north-facing slope of deep red, gravel-laden soils, yielding small, intensely flavoured berries.

Hand-picked and whole-bunch fermented, the wine was basket pressed and matured in French oak. Bottled on site without fining and with minimal filtration, it may develop a natural sediment over time - a gentle reminder of it’s unhurried journey from vine to glass.

Only 300 bottles made (1 barrel)

Tasting Notes

In the glass, it’s dark in colour with an aroma that is immediate and captivating—blueberry, five-spice, licorice and a flicker of black pepper. The palate is rich with fruit-derived tannin and supporting French oak characters.

A Syrah that’s expressive and elegant on its own, yet built to sing alongside beef, lamb, or wild game.

The Vintage

A warm spring catalysed an early bud burst. Sporadic rainfall coupled with warmer than average temperatures set a moderate crop through spring and early summer. From mid-summer, warm dry conditions persisted through until harvest yielding fully ripe, concentrated fruit in impeccable condition.

A seasonal selection of wines chosen by us — shaped by vintage, instinct, and the rhythm of the vineyard.

Twice a year, we gather a selection of wines that capture the spirit of the season and the story of our land. Each delivery includes six bottles curated by our family — sometimes new releases, sometimes archived wines too special to keep hidden.

Each shipment is designed to reflect both value and the evolving character of Easthope Family Winegrowers, with selections made at our discretion and varying based on availability to ensure every delivery offers true value and discovery..

Inclusions

• 6 bottles, delivered twice yearly (June and November)

• Complimentary tasting for two people annually (by appointment)

• Access to new releases

• 10% off all wines purchased at our cellar door or online

• Free delivery New Zealand-wide

Pricing & Frequency

2 payments of $245 per year. Your card will be charged automatically in June and November prior to dispatch, and the subscription will renew each year unless cancelled.

A seasonal selection of wines chosen by us — shaped by vintage, instinct, and the rhythm of the vineyard.

Twice a year, we gather a selection of wines that capture the spirit of the season and the story of our land. Each delivery includes twelve bottles curated by our family — sometimes new releases, sometimes archived wines too special to keep hidden.

Each shipment is designed to reflect both value and the evolving character of Easthope Family Winegrowers, with selections made at our discretion and varying based on availability to ensure every delivery offers true value and discovery..

Inclusions

• 12 bottles, delivered twice yearly (June and November)

• Complimentary tasting for four people annually (by appointment)

• Access to new releases

• 15% off all wines purchased at our cellar door or online

• Free delivery New Zealand-wide

Pricing & Frequency

2 payments of $465 per year. Your card will be charged automatically in June and November prior to dispatch, and the subscription will renew each year unless cancelled.